“In the past this group used to be called the ‘worried well’ but these worries are becoming signifiant now.” South Coast Psychology offers private and ACC-funded therapy throughout New Zealand, with 60 psychologists, counsellors, and social workers. All of them were fully booked, she said. Gillespie had just hired two more staff and expected their caseloads to be full within a few weeks.
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The number for New Zealand s national mental health and addictions helpline. The 4-digit number is free to text or call anytime to talk with a trained counsellor. Gore Counselling Centre general counsellor Louisa Brand said the service generally managed a waiting list, but had been working with a backlog since reopening after the lockdown.
However, he had been “all over the place” and not himself prior to his disappearance. A relationship break-up about 18 months previously had split him from his children, his routine had been broken, he missed his three kids and had been depressed, Milnes said. On February 24, he rang the police and they picked him up and took him to the mental health unit, as he had wanted the help, she said. However, about 10.30pm that night he wanted out of the unit, so used a chair to smash a window and go through it, she said. It is unclear why he smashed the window to leave, as the SDHB says the mental health unit is an “open ward and not secure.
Notably, the 386 patients overdue for surveillances colonoscopies at Southland Hospital in November 2020 had dropped to 186 in February 2021 while the 47 patients waiting longer than 90 days for a non-urgent colonoscopy had reduced to one. These wait times are based on Ministry of Health advice and vary, depending on the urgency of a patient’s condition. Connolly said the board hoped to have reduced its surveillance colonoscopy wait list to zero by September 2021. In the interim, patients were being offered colonoscopies in Dunedin, he said.
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The Southern District Health Board’s colonoscopy service delivery has been a contentious issue in Southland for many years, leading the board to publicly apologise for its failures in 2020.
After seeing a private neurologist in March, Maere now knows he has middle-ear dysfunction, doesn’t require medication, and is going through the process of having his licence reinstated. The Southern District Health Board declined to comment on Maere s case because of privacy reasons, despite him signing a privacy waiver. However, general manager of the board s medicine, women’s and children directorate Simon Donlevy did respond to
Stuff s query about the number of neurologists working at Southland Hospital. The board employed five neurologists, he said, all of whom were based in Dunedin but visited Southland Hospital on a weekly basis.
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